Vietnam burns homes of Christians

[Keith]

Vietnam burns homes of Christians

'Christian religion is America's religion and is not allowed here'

Posted: September 14, 2005

1:00 a.m. Eastern

Vietnamese authorities burned more than 10 homes of tribal Christians who refused to deny their faith, a U.S. persecution monitor reported.

Christians in Suoi Rut hamlet, Doi Sau village, Quang Ngai province, were forced to flee their village July 21 and now are searching for a new place to live, according to Washington, D.C.-based International Christian Concern.

The victims belonged to the Evangelical Church of Vietnam, which has formal recognition by the Vietnamese government.

But the local communist authorities publicly have stated "the Christian religion is America's religion, and is not allowed here."

ICC released a statement from a pastor of the Hre tribe:

Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at 8:00 a.m., Mr. Dinh van Hoanh, police chief of Son Thuong village and his assistant, Mr. Thai Mai Quan, came to Mr. Dinh van Hoang's house and said: "We do not allow any Christians to live here. If you want to stay you must sign this paper to declare that you and your family are renouncing your faith."

Hoang refused, and the police chief called numerous officials, including Dinh van Xoa, hamlet chief, and Dinh van Hoach, his assistant, to come and destroy Hoang's house.

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[Guest iamsoblessed]

anyone read the magazine "the voice of the martyrs"? its been serving the persecuted church for over 35 years..the most recent issue is "dare to speak..dare to diechristians witnesses under fire...i know they do baptizing in the jungles of vietnam..china is terrible!!the story of a 34 year old woman passing out bibles and gospel tracts at chinese markets, she was beat to death in the interrogation room leaving behind a husband and a 4 year old son..tragic..the things they do to you in the middle east as well, if you are caught leaving islam for to accept Jesus..there are 44 nations that restrict from obtaining bibles or other christian literature, these are hostile areas where you will be harrassed, imprisioned, or killed because of their faith in Jesus..among those are Afghanistan, algeria, bangledesh, belarus,china, cuba, india, egypt, indonesia, iraq, laos, iran, libya, kuwait, malaysia, morocco, nepal, nigeria, north korea, quatar (who just gave 100 million dollars to katrina relief) somalia, pakistan, sudi arabia, sri lanks, turkey, syria, tbet, sudan, vietnam, yenman...

[Guest yod]

American christians think the great tribulation is a future event because we don't suffer these things...yet.

People do tend to interpret prophecy through their own lenses but that is another thread.

I'm praying for the saints of Vietnam right now....

[mrs]

turkey, syria, tbet, sudan, vietnam, yenman...

I have a good online friend who lives in Turkey.He himself isn't being persecuted right now, but he has heard of it happening.The churches over there are also quite small.He has told me that many of the things Bush has said have caused problems for Christians in his and other muslim countries and that they wish Bush wouldn't say certain things.

The persecution going on is very sad though.I think North American Christians need to pay more attention to this and be more knowledgable and caring about it. If for no other reason than the fact that it is coming to us.

[seraph]

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I'm praying for the saints of Vietnam right now....

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Some of the saints are

6 Mennonites who were arrested: Rev. Nguyen Hong Quang (working at a labor camp), Le Thi Hong Lien (has suffered a mental breakdown as a result of the prison abuse and is institutionalized following her release), Pham Ngoc Thach, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Nguyen Thanh Nhan and Nguyen Hieu Nghia.

Please also pray for PD, PQ, BS, AS and MS and those they work with and serve.